LOS GATOS APPROVES DRAFT OF HOUSING ELEMENT

Council agrees more work needs to be done

Drew Penner, Reporter

Though Los Gatos Town Council members acknowledged there were still months worth of improvements ahead to get a final version prepared, in a special meeting held Monday, they voted to deem the current Draft Housing Element good enough to send over to the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

The decision—a 4-0 vote with Vice Mayor Mary Badame abstaining—came just a day before the deadline.

“This is a living document,” said Mayor Maria Ristow, “— and an ongoing process.”

The resolution, moved by Councilmember Rob Moore and seconded by Ristow, represents Los Gatos’ roadmap for responding to the governor’s call for help building 3.5 million homes over the next few years.

It acknowledges the state was second last in hous-

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